Stranger by the Lake
Sun-Kissed Cinema
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1h 40m
Directed by Alain Guiraudie | 100 mins | 2013
Lauded and laureled at Cannes, Guiradie’s understated, simmeringly sensual thriller explores the proximity of Eros and Thanatos in an idyllic, lakeside nude beach/cruising spot—shot for maximum pastoral splendor by DP Claire Mathon—where regular Franck is caught up in a fatal attraction to Michel, as irresistibly handsome as he is psychopathic.
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